Trace-carrier



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D. s. MOORE. TRACE CARRIER.

Patel lted Jan. 10,1882.

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1 UNITEf STATES PATENT OFFICE:-

\ DA ID s. MOORE, or OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,126, dated January10, 188 2.

Applicationfilcd April2,1881. (NomodeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID SMITH MOORE, a citizen of theUnitedStates,residingatOmaha, in the county of Douglas and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful .Improvements inTraceOarr-iers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of referencemarked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient meansfor holding the traces, when not in use, without the possibility oftheir becoming accidentally detached by any movement of the horse, or bythe contact with other objects of eitherthc carrier or the tracesthemselves.

The invention consists in a novel construetion and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter described and claimed. y

,In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved deviceas applied to the harness. Fig. 2 represents the same when secured tothe harness and having the cockeyes and traces attached to the holder.

A represents a Irame adapted to be secured to the back-strap loop. Iusually cast this frame in one piece, of the form or shape shown in thedrawingsviz., with slightly-rounded corners and somewhat longer in onedirection 1 than in the other, and with the sides gradually tapering orcurving inward from one side to the other. I do not, however,.limitmyself to this peculiar form, as the frame may be made of any othercontour desired.

B B represent eyes cast or formed on opposite sides of the frame,preferably at the widest or broadest part.

G 0 represent short chains, which are secured at one end to the eyes B,and have each at their other ends, a swivel or short metal bar, D,which, whenit is desired to support the traces when outof use, is passedthrough the cockeye of each trace. At the center of each bar D is aneye, d, to which one end of the chain 0 is attached. When it is desiredto pass I this bar through the cockeye the baris turned caused by themovements'of the horse or by l the traces coming in contact with otherobjects will fail to release the bar from looking engagement with thecockeye, as the flexible connection all'orded by the chain O-willgenerallyprevent any such movements having any effect uponthe,cockeye-retaining bars. In any event the movement of the bars willhe so slight as not to be sufficient to raise it far enough independentof the chain to cause them to turn in line with the chain, whichposition they must assume before they can be withdrawn.

The complete device will lie flat upon the horses back. There are noupward-projecting portions to get entangled with other parts of theharness. There are no complicated parts to get out of order or requirespecial care in their manufacture. The bars can be readily inserted inso as to retain cockeyes of different sizes, from the smallest to theheaviest made. In these respects mydevice is superior to suchtrace-carriers as are now in use, as where the carrierconsists of a ringwith curved upwardly-projecting pieces itis not adapted to hold allsizes of cockeyes'securely; and, moreover, the cockeyeis apt to bereleased should the "traces heby any means pushed upward. Again,

my carrier is superior to those where the cockeye is passed over anupwardly-extemling post and secured thereon by means of a pivoted baroperated by a spring to turn into engagement with the topof such post,because such pivoted bar is apt to bepushed aside or the spring becomeuseless, in either of which events the cockeye is in great danger ofbring prematurely released.

I am also aware that trace-holders have been constructed where theholding devices do not project materially above the back-straps. I amnot, however, aware that any trace-carrier has heretofore been made,before my invention thereof, where the trace-holding device is flexibl yconnected to the back-strap loop or buckle. By thus flexibly connectingthe trace-holder to the loop or frame A it will be observed that themovement of the traces, when secured thereto,

will not have any effect to loosen the fastener to which the cockeye isattached, as the flexible connection 0 will allow the traces to swayback and forth and up and down orin any other direction withoutdisturbing the connection between the T-fastener and the cockeye. Thisis quite an advantage over thosecarriers where the fastening-connectionis rigid, as in such cases there is no slack or flexible portion to swayback and. forth with the movements of the traces, and thereby relievethe fastening device from the strain it would be subjected to were theconnection between the trace and the holder rigid-a strain that wouldoften tend to the unfastening of the traces. 15

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- A back-straploop or buckle, A, having rigid loops or eyes B, and provided with aflexible holder, 0, carrying a T-sha'ped fastener, D, 20 adapted toreceive and hold the cockeye, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

DAVID SMITH MOORE.

Witnesses:

G. N. SIGWART, J 0s. W. ARNOLD.

